A pair of Lakota (Sioux) beaded turtle fetishes
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A pair of Lakota (Sioux) beaded turtle fetishes
Each shell beaded with a central linear column overlaid on a multicolored ground, the hide appendages tipped with tin cone accents.
each approximately: length 5 1/2in, width 3 3/4in
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Provenance
Collected by Mary S. Francis, an Episcopal Missionary and schoolteacher at St. Mary's School in Santee, Nebraska and on the Rosebud Reservation and at St. Elizabeth's on the Standing Rock Reservation; thence by descent through the family
Property from the Collection of Joel and Kate Kopp, New York
Each shell beaded with a central linear column overlaid on a multicolored ground, the hide appendages tipped with tin cone accents.
each approximately: length 5 1/2in, width 3 3/4in
Footnotes:
Provenance
Collected by Mary S. Francis, an Episcopal Missionary and schoolteacher at St. Mary's School in Santee, Nebraska and on the Rosebud Reservation and at St. Elizabeth's on the Standing Rock Reservation; thence by descent through the family
Property from the Collection of Joel and Kate Kopp, New York
Condition
Good condition overall with general dust accumulation, losses to tin cones, and a handful of lost beads commensurate with age.
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A pair of Lakota (Sioux) beaded turtle fetishes
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